Baldur's Gate Beamdog's Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 Enhanced Editions

[Xavier0889]

Baldur’s Gate had finally emerged from the dank dungeons of obscurity

What?

From Durlag's Tower, maybe? :D

Baldur's Gate isn't about Baldur's Gate, it's about Bhaalspawn. That's basically the only common thread. A Baldur's Gate III only makes sense as a prequel (which was what Atari was making, ancestors of Minsc and all).

The original BG3 project didn't had anything to do with Bhaalspawns at all... it was going to be a whole new story. I'd say that Dragon Age was the nearest we could get to BG3... but that's another story.

 

[Grunker]

^ Top competitor for most juvenile user name on the Codex, I believe.

The original BG3 project didn't had anything to do with Bhaalspawns at all...

Baldur's Gate games aren't about Baldur's Gate. Sure, they could just do a random game set in Baldur's Gate, but that would have about as much to do with the franchise as a Baldur's Gate game in space... wait no, that would make more sense, could be about hamsters.

If one was to make a "legitimate" BGIII, it would have to be a prequel or break with FR canon and focus on one or both of the choices made by the protagonist at the end of ToB.

 

[Cursed Platypus]

Also, didn't the God of Wars' Spawn canonically take his place at the throne of murder? What exactly are they hoping to explore with this sequel?

Also, spoliers

Spoiler

But yeah, he could never pull that up. Fuck that loser.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Good news about Beamdog having to stop production on BG2: EE. You can buy BG and BG2 on GOG.com, they work on modern systems, and there's mods to make them look better if you're into that kind of thing. What Beamdog did always seemed to me to be an obvious cashgrab. And I felt like what Trent Oster said about wanting to 'Enhance' Planescape Torment, something he never worked on, was dickish in the extreme. To quote Rush Limbaugh, "I hope he fails".

 

[Dreaad]

I'm a bit of a cynic I admit. To me this has the smell of a clever heist.
Just imagine for a moment that beamdog realized (after all I bet even they get depressed looking at the "new areas" they created for BG: EE) they have no way to make a good game, and as much as they like money they know BG3 would ruin them. So what's the plan? Well how about we pretend to make some BS reason for why we have to put everything on hold... then in 3-6 months we can say "Hurrrah guys we sorted it out as far as releasing BG2: EE" then cash in on the much anticipated BG2:EE which would have received even more hype from this debacle... followed by some comment like "But unfortunately due to 'law' issues we can no longer do a BG3, don't worry though plebs, NOW we can make IWD: EE."
With the state of today's developers/publishers, between all the lying and no progress, to me this seems highly likely.... just saying.

 

[tuluse]

I think they could have just kept selling their game and after BG2:EE came said they can't because of legal issues. I also doubt they care about making something good.

Also, I'm pretty sure an IWD:EE is just about impossible due to multiple parties owning various aspects of it.

 

[Infinitron]

Also, I'm pretty sure an IWD:EE is just about impossible due to multiple parties owning various aspects of it.

Well, IWD's original assets may still exist, so it may be possible to develop a proper Icewind Dale HD, like what they originally intended to do with BG. Obsidian would have to cooperate, of course.

 

[Krivol]

Also, I'm pretty sure an IWD:EE is just about impossible due to multiple parties owning various aspects of it.

And there is nice ID in BG2 mod - sitll unbalanced (archer is da killer) but I don't believe Beamdog would repair this.

 

[Diablo169]

Does this legal situation prevent them from releasing the patch? Holding a patch to ransom to fix your own buggy shit seems kinda douchey otherwise.

 

[Dreaad]

Does this legal situation prevent them from releasing the patch? Holding a patch to ransom to fix your own buggy shit seems kinda douchey otherwise.

Yes it does.

 

[waywardOne]

There's at least two giant douches in this thread who can easily make a new, proxied account and spill the beans, but refuse to do so.

 

[evdk]

There's at least two giant douches in this thread who can easily make a new, proxied account and spill the beans, but refuse to do so.

Well at least in one case it would obviously interfere with his monetary income, so it's pretty easy to understand why he wouldn't risk it just to satisfy the curiosity of a bunch of nobodies on the Codex.

Why the Jew refuses to spill the beans I cannot see though.

 

[waywardOne]

There's at least two giant douches in this thread who can easily make a new, proxied account and spill the beans, but refuse to do so.

Well at least in one case it would obviously interfere with his monetary income, so it's pretty easy to understand why he wouldn't risk it just to satisfy the curiosity of a bunch of nobodies on the Codex.

Why the Jew refuses to spill the beans I cannot see though.

I have a hard time believing the former's "income" is anything more than a nominal fee or stipend rather than a salary -- if we're talking about the same person account.

 

[Stabwound]

Beamdog aren't game designers at all. Their resume consists of acquiring the source to old games and updating the graphical rendering to HIGH DEFINTION!!!!!! In BG's case, that art source was lost, so we end with this hacked-to-shit abomination of an IE game.

Fuck Oster. Fuck Tofer. Fuck his whole company and may they rot in hell. All of the BG3 talk was just Oster shooting his mouth off. If they actually gave them the rights to a BG3 game it would prove to me that the talking heads of these big companies have completely lost touch with reality. I'm accuming BG:EE sold like shit, and I don't mean in a good way.

 

[Dreaad]

Beamdog aren't game designers at all. Their resume consists of acquiring the source to old games and updating the graphical rendering to HIGH DEFINTION!!!!!! In BG's case, that art source was lost, so we end with this hacked-to-shit abomination of an IE game.

Fuck Oster. Fuck Tofer. Fuck his whole company and may they rot in hell. All of the BG3 talk was just Oster shooting his mouth off. If they actually gave them the rights to a BG3 game it would prove to me that the talking heads of these big companies have completely lost touch with reality. I'm accuming BG:EE sold like shit, and I don't mean in a good way.

 

[Infinitron]

Well at least in one case it would obviously interfere with his monetary income, so it's pretty easy to understand why he wouldn't risk it just to satisfy the curiosity of a bunch of nobodies on the Codex.

Why the Jew refuses to spill the beans I cannot see though.

I don't know anything more than what I've already said in this thread.

 

[Absalom]

I don't know anything more than what I've already said in this thread.

All 126 pages of it? Bro you could have posted the meaning of life in pg 5 and I'd never know.

Does anyone know if they're going what engine they're going to use for combat?

 

[Grunker]

I don't know anything more than what I've already said in this thread.

All 126 pages of it? Bro you could have posted the meaning of life in pg 5 and I'd never know.

megathreads r smrt

 

[Infinitron]

Does anyone know if they're going what engine they're going to use for combat?

???

 

[Absalom]

???

...
After 100 pages, we don't even know how they're going to do combat?

 

[Infinitron]

???

...
After 100 pages, we don't even know how they're going to do combat?

Do combat in what??

 

[Grunker]

wat going on now

 

[Absalom]

Do combat in what??

I read some recent posts and thought some independent studio had got the rights to BG III. But then I read the OP and find out its some banal remake nobody cares about.

WHAT IS THIS THREAD ABOUT

 

[Data4]

Do combat in what??

I read some recent posts and thought some independent studio had got the rights to BG III. But then I read the OP and find out its some banal remake nobody cares about.

WHAT IS THIS THREAD ABOUT

 

[evdk]

Do combat in what??

I read some recent posts and thought some independent studio had got the rights to BG III. But then I read the OP and find out its some banal remake nobody cares about.

WHAT IS THIS THREAD ABOUT

You being retarded at the moment.